(BALTIMORE, MD) — (April 6, 2018) — The Justice League battles Barbatos and defeats the threat of the Dark Multiverse in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Metal #6, the finale of DC Entertainment's best-selling event and March 2018's best-selling comic book according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

Marvel Comics was March's top publisher with a 35.92% dollar share and a 38.38% unit share. DC Entertainment was second for the month with a 31.06% dollar share and a 35.10% unit share. Image Comics was third with a 10.98% dollar share and a 10.43% unit share. In fourth was IDW Publishing with a 3.96% dollar share and a 3.28% unit share, followed by BOOM! Studios with a 2.40% dollar share and a 2.13% unit share, Dark Horse Comics with a 2.38% dollar share and a 1.58% unit share, and Dynamite Entertainment with a 1.83% dollar share and a 1.61% unit share.

DC Entertainment had five titles among March's top ten comics. In addition to Dark Nights: Metal #6, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Doomsday Clock #4 ranked #2, Batman #42 ranked #5, Batman #43 ranked #8, and Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight #6 ranked #10. Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten, led by Dan Slott, Stuart Immonen, and Wade Von Grawbadger's Amazing Spider-Man #797, the first chapter of Slott's final story on the title, at #3 for the month, followed by Weapon H #1 at #4, The Mighty Thor #705 at #6, and Infinity Countdown #1 at #7. Image Comics' Oblivion Song by Kirkman and De Felici #1 ranked #9. Among the premier publishers and their top-selling books, BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25, kicking off the "Shattered Grid" storyline, ranked #70; Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's American Gods: My Ainsel #1 ranked #114; Dynamite Entertainment's The Shadow/Batman #6, the final chapter of their coproduction with DC Entertainment, ranked #121; and the milestone G.I. Joe #250 from IDW Publishing ranked #149 for the month.

Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Volume 29: Lines We Cross from Image Comics was March's best-selling graphic novel, and one of Image Comics' six titles in the top ten. Also charting for Image Comics: Realm Volume 1 ranked #5, Black Science Volume 7: Extinction is the Rule ranked #6, Kirkman's Invincible Volume 25: The End of All Things Part 2 ranked #7, Port of Earth Volume 1 ranked #9, and Saga Volume 8 ranked #10. DC Entertainment had four titles in the top ten, led by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko's Green Lantern: Earth One Volume 1 at #2, followed by The Flash Volume 5: Negative at #3, Super Sons Volume 2: Planet of the Capes at #4, and Ty Templeton and Rick Burchett's Batman & Harley Quinn at #8.

Dark Horse Comics' World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3, an art book based on the best-selling Blizzard Entertainment role-playing game, was March's best-selling book. Also in the top ten for Dark Horse Comics was the Overwatch Anthology Volume 1 at 9. Insight Editions' DC Comics Variant Covers: The Complete Visual History, a hardcover artbook featuring a cover by Frank Cho, ranked #3 for the month.

NECA/WizKids' Dungeons & Dragons: Icons of the Realm: Menagerie 3 Booster Brick, a collection of miniatures for the tabletop game, was March's best-selling game product. IDW Games had three products in the top ten: The Legend of Korra: Pro Bending Arena Game at #2, the Atari: Missile Command Game at #4, and The Legend of Korra: Pro Bending Arena: Amon's Invasion Game at #5.

How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located inNorth Americaand around the world. Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty retailers may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

The New Titles Count Chart includes all titles that were invoiced by Diamond to retailers for the first time during the month and is not the official solicited title count for the month. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at the same price point count as a single SKU. Variant edition comic books, lenticular covers, digital combo packs, and graphic novels at different price points count as separate SKUs for each edition.

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